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i don't have a plan to cut education funding. is the program so credit it's worth borrowing money from china to pay for it? if not, i'll get rid of it. obamacare's on my list. i use that term with all good. good. so i'll get rid of that. >> welcome back to "morning joe." top of the hour. look at that beautiful sunrise over national airport, reagan national airport. >> the sun is rising over romneyland. >> it's morning in america. mike barnicle and john heilemann still with us. joining us on set, political columnist for "time" magazine, joe klein, who sits down and says, where was he? where was he? where was he, joe? >> i may have to get a new accountant and obama doesn't say, mitt, you have a terrific accountant. all of america knows that. you know, you have some wonderful tax breaks there. it was astonishing. >> it really was astonishing performance. >> it was as inept as i've ever seen a presidential candidate in one of these debates. and it was time after time after time. and it's almost as if the obama campaign and the presid
i don't have a plan to cut education funding. is the program so credit it's worth borrowing money from china to pay for it? if not, i'll get rid of it. obamacare's on my list. i use that term with all good. good. so i'll get rid of that. >> welcome back to "morning joe." top of the hour. look at that beautiful sunrise over national airport, reagan national airport. >> the sun is rising over romneyland. >> it's morning in america. mike barnicle and john heilemann...
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we spend maybe $100,000 on the education of a kid in the western world. and you know what we spend in africa? $400. that's all we spend on the education of a poor child. andid is about $12 per child. yocannay t tis overgenerous if you're having a debate about aid. >> and yesterday you rang the bell, opening bell at wall street along with your wife, sara, to celebrate. >> yeah, the stock industry went up, i think. >> zoomed up, exactly. are entering into partnerships -- here you are ringing the bell right here. you can see immediately wall street explodes upward, upward! >> these kids loved to be there. they wanted to be stock brokers after at ac.d ty'reoio hat is adorable. >> good for you. >> gordon brown, thank you very much. >> hold on. we need to break down the league. who's it going to be? man city? man u? >> man city lost last night. manchester united. alex ferguson still the greatest manager in t world. >> he'smarkable. >>he c bn. they started not so well but they came back and he got von persie, player from arsenal, and he's been scoring all the go
we spend maybe $100,000 on the education of a kid in the western world. and you know what we spend in africa? $400. that's all we spend on the education of a poor child. andid is about $12 per child. yocannay t tis overgenerous if you're having a debate about aid. >> and yesterday you rang the bell, opening bell at wall street along with your wife, sara, to celebrate. >> yeah, the stock industry went up, i think. >> zoomed up, exactly. are entering into partnerships -- here...
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no money for roads, no money for police, no money for the military, no money for education, no money for college grants, no money for investment, no money for r and d, no money for nothing, no money whatsoever, medicare and medicaid together consume the entire budget. the entire budget. that doesn't even take care of the interest payments that we're paying on this $17 trillion that we owe. >> right. >> so there's no question, jon meacham, this is the fiscal of our time and neither side is talking about it and so let's have a debate about medicare. >> and one of the tests, i wonder what chuck is hearing, one of the tests seems to me is what's the distance, what's the gap between what people will say to you off the record and what they say publicly? and -- >> it's a huge gap. mika and i can go -- we can go into any democratic office or any republican office on the senate or house side and we have over the past five years and they say the same thing, yeah, we got to do something on medicare. we understand. everybody. doesn't matter whether it's the most conservative republican or most l
no money for roads, no money for police, no money for the military, no money for education, no money for college grants, no money for investment, no money for r and d, no money for nothing, no money whatsoever, medicare and medicaid together consume the entire budget. the entire budget. that doesn't even take care of the interest payments that we're paying on this $17 trillion that we owe. >> right. >> so there's no question, jon meacham, this is the fiscal of our time and neither...
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our right to affordable, quality education. equal pay. access to health care. and we, the people, cannot l th en ow about that, mike barnicle. sign her up. >> when you watched yourself, you said yis. what did you mean? >> i don't like watching myself. it's very awkward. when you're in the moment, you get caught upnhe moment and so it's always awkward to watch myself do anything. who wants to watch themselves do anything. i don't. >> i can tell you from the ground in charlotte people were impressed. they sed making carrie washington signs. >> i think what's important is that you have americspeakg t vtegnd engaging on both sides of the aisle. that's how a democracy works. people participate. participate based on my views and what's important to me. i think everybody should participate. everybody. at's why i think any time we dingage votersrak i more difficult for people to participate, to vote, to show up and have their political voice, that's dangerous. we only work as a nation when we allow eligible voters to vote. >> president obama is lucky to have you workin
our right to affordable, quality education. equal pay. access to health care. and we, the people, cannot l th en ow about that, mike barnicle. sign her up. >> when you watched yourself, you said yis. what did you mean? >> i don't like watching myself. it's very awkward. when you're in the moment, you get caught upnhe moment and so it's always awkward to watch myself do anything. who wants to watch themselves do anything. i don't. >> i can tell you from the ground in charlotte...
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and i think it's going to improve the quality of education across the city of newark. >> that's fantastic. >> you know, so what you have here, as the governor said, is that you have both experience matters and what you do matter. it's fun anny that people have focused on the $5,000 bonus as opposed to the comprehensiveness of this new system. so what has been aligned is your work that you do every day, the experience that you carry into the classroom, and input at the school level. so that this is a dynamic new contract that's fair -- that's, you know, fair to the teachers, but most importantly, that's good for kids, and that's why it was when people looked at it, that's why they voted it up by more than 60%. but i want to just say one other thing, which is that in all this, sandy happened. >> yeah. >> and the governor did an extraordinary job in terms of all the work in new jersey. and you know, this is the way government should work. whether it's at the collective bargaining table or whether there is a disaster, you have lots of public employees who every single day are trying to make a
and i think it's going to improve the quality of education across the city of newark. >> that's fantastic. >> you know, so what you have here, as the governor said, is that you have both experience matters and what you do matter. it's fun anny that people have focused on the $5,000 bonus as opposed to the comprehensiveness of this new system. so what has been aligned is your work that you do every day, the experience that you carry into the classroom, and input at the school level....
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when it comes to education reform, take a look at what governor bush did. when it comes to fixing health care reform, there are all kinds of interesting models that are emerging throughout the states. with respect to energy independence and greater use of natural gas which is going to constitute a whole new opening economically for us. there are states that are way ahead of others in that regard. so paying close attention to the best practices that are emerging in the 50 states, i think, is a critically important thing for republicans to do as well. >> let's go there. we had david frum on the other day. i don't agree with david on all the issues, but he talked about how conservatives and republicans were lied to. they were lied to by -- i think -- what did he call them? the conservative entertainment complex. and they were. i mean, what would happen is, a pollster who basically was engaging in witchcraft and not polling would come out with a poll that would show -- you pick the state that you wanted mitt romney to be ahead in, he would give it to you. the t
when it comes to education reform, take a look at what governor bush did. when it comes to fixing health care reform, there are all kinds of interesting models that are emerging throughout the states. with respect to energy independence and greater use of natural gas which is going to constitute a whole new opening economically for us. there are states that are way ahead of others in that regard. so paying close attention to the best practices that are emerging in the 50 states, i think, is a...
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very educational. very educational show with brian. showed that he's a policy guy, cared about issues as the governor dug into him. but that mitt romney does not get very much attention and he doesn't put it on display very often. and it's now -- the thing he has to become is a fighter. he has to have guys like joe scarborough look at him every day and say he's fighting for the party, for the country, and fighting to turn the country around. i don't see that but if he doesn't see that. em's going to be very hard to keep the party behind him. >> what's coming up next, mika? >> coming up, from the nuclear tension in iran to the war in syria, can the u.n. security council come up with any solution? >>> "guys with kids" co-created by jimmy fallon. we'll talk with one of the stars. first, bill karins with a check of the weather. bill. >> good morning, mika and everybody else. around the country, it's been pretty quiet. we haven't had a lot of nasty weather. we're going to our nasty weather now that's a little more gloomy, a little more murk
very educational. very educational show with brian. showed that he's a policy guy, cared about issues as the governor dug into him. but that mitt romney does not get very much attention and he doesn't put it on display very often. and it's now -- the thing he has to become is a fighter. he has to have guys like joe scarborough look at him every day and say he's fighting for the party, for the country, and fighting to turn the country around. i don't see that but if he doesn't see that. em's...
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and then it graduated into physical education. but none of that exists in so many schools across the country. so does this help fill a void? does this program help fill a void for those kids who received no exercise at a or no instruction at all? >> absolutely. so they have no access to sports. we're focusing on cities in underserved, challenged areas where alternatives might be gang, might be drugs. so here we step in, and just provide an opportunity to get kids in the game in whatever that game might be. so here just in new york, we've got tennis, we've got rowing, we've got wrestling, we've got ping-pong, we've got soccer, rugby. so it doesn't matter what the sport is. it's about getting involved, getting active and having an alternative to hanging around and potentially getting in trouble. >> it's a complete lifestyle that you want to develop in the next generation. and i wonder, mark, if -- i sat down on the set, and he said, hey, those almonds shouldn't have all that stuff on it. so obviously, you're health conscious. must b
and then it graduated into physical education. but none of that exists in so many schools across the country. so does this help fill a void? does this program help fill a void for those kids who received no exercise at a or no instruction at all? >> absolutely. so they have no access to sports. we're focusing on cities in underserved, challenged areas where alternatives might be gang, might be drugs. so here we step in, and just provide an opportunity to get kids in the game in whatever...
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the next week, he was education president, the next week, he was a jobs president, the next week, avenues patriotic president. bakker laid it out for everybody. this is a mishmash. what's he doing? >> we talk about rove a lot but bakker is the gold standard. in fact, he -- this is yes think talk about shakeup right now doesn't make any sense because where did bakker's gold standard turn bronze? in '92 when he didn't come back from the state department until labor day. at that point, it was just too late. i think chuck's point's really interesting about the -- chuck works you agree with the word lethargy, is that fair? and to my mind, just what is -- what is the one-sentence rationale for romneys acandidates circumstance leaving aside everything we talked about? what is it? >> i'm not barack obama. >> that's never enough. >> i know, but you asked me. >> is not enough anymore. >> chuck todd, i have always said you always said, and i think you agree with me exif you are run august congressional ray could you beat something with nothing. if you are running a presidential ray you have to give
the next week, he was education president, the next week, he was a jobs president, the next week, avenues patriotic president. bakker laid it out for everybody. this is a mishmash. what's he doing? >> we talk about rove a lot but bakker is the gold standard. in fact, he -- this is yes think talk about shakeup right now doesn't make any sense because where did bakker's gold standard turn bronze? in '92 when he didn't come back from the state department until labor day. at that point, it...
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children and education second. community safety and gun violence third and what we're calling a fair approach to the fiscal problem. a fair approach to the fiscal problem. and for us that means you've got to combine revenue enhancements whether it's changes in tax rates or elimination of loopholes with cuts that are not solely focused on domestic programs. we have to expand this conversation. i think. >> ezra, let's talk about the conversation. what's going to happen the next four years under president obama in the second term? >> i think what's fascinating about the election last night, usually if you elect a president and made all these promises and then the question is can they get any of them through congress? will anything actually happen? with president obama's re-election you have affordable care which will happen. you have the dodd walsh frank that will happen and you have tax increases which are currently law which will happen. we don't know what the final compromise after they happen will be but one way o
children and education second. community safety and gun violence third and what we're calling a fair approach to the fiscal problem. a fair approach to the fiscal problem. and for us that means you've got to combine revenue enhancements whether it's changes in tax rates or elimination of loopholes with cuts that are not solely focused on domestic programs. we have to expand this conversation. i think. >> ezra, let's talk about the conversation. what's going to happen the next four years...
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we've got a secretary of education that is committed to education reform. you've been fighting the good fight. howard dean, reverend al has been hanging out with newt gingrich. >> well, there's that. >> over the past several years. >> got to do what you got to do. >> a lot of people are onboard with education reform. but are we making any progress? >> well, we are making some progress. if you look at what's happened over the last couple of years, we've had many, many more states taking on important issues like getting rid of last-in, first-out policies, putting in place important teacher evaluation systems that are rigorous that would reward the best performers and weed out the ineffective teachers. we have more choices for families. we need to make sure we're in a position where no family ever feels like they're trapped in a failing school. so you have laws like california's new parent trigger law that allow parents to take over a failing school and turn it around if they see fit. but at the end of the day, none of this matters if it doesn't result in bett
we've got a secretary of education that is committed to education reform. you've been fighting the good fight. howard dean, reverend al has been hanging out with newt gingrich. >> well, there's that. >> over the past several years. >> got to do what you got to do. >> a lot of people are onboard with education reform. but are we making any progress? >> well, we are making some progress. if you look at what's happened over the last couple of years, we've had many,...
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. >> this government has a great record on education reform. >> here here. >> he sucss othe unersi tecical clege iniati creed ove5 inaudible ] pleased to confirm you will support a further round of obligations this autism and the funding is available so that busissesunivsiti, rentand ungeopl i neraay [naudle ] [ yeing >> tnk u. go t see t honable lad on sh fety fm. i le it th's t btish paiame, folks. british pm and marie morris during the house of commons in began as spl queion to primminier camen. les coare at pformce wi a typal ment om t sete he atome. >>he pce oegistion 're dealing with, the house posted that last night, just foremiight to mee the les d it incdeshe tranortaon cferee a fld insance institute in o package. >> oh, my god. it's so painful. >> it's a long trip acrs t atntic >> ieed tomove i anseousl >>e goto he a rliantar syst. i kn we' test and exceptional and all that stuff but we're boring. seriously. >> masterpiece thear. atralns-and t han comb. >>arryeidas usef bh mbs. >> swed re wn he was feelgegre a remsebout what he said about the uniforms. we'll show you that later.
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our teachers have to be better educatored. who is taking care of the hearts and minds of our children and this iwhat is wrong. when you look at my schools are broken butou can sayou can bud a gatchutowre u going to put a child in there who is broken? are they going to learn in that fabulous school? because they are not equipped to learn. so i think we have to look at this from a very -- a systemic problem that we have in t ittaangllye velod countries. we have a couple of great areas in denmark and sweden with great areas of education. >> it's much more about one test. it's about anxiety, as you say. it's about being cative and s muoro cin whole child. goldie hawn, the book is "ten mindful minutes." >> thank you so much. >> joe and mika talk to president bill clint coming eoo again, "ten mindful minutes." we will be right back. >> as if 32 acting roles weren't enough for a career, goldie hawn can claim producer and singer d director to her credits. if h veto premier to search the web simultaneously to dial up her entire career
our teachers have to be better educatored. who is taking care of the hearts and minds of our children and this iwhat is wrong. when you look at my schools are broken butou can sayou can bud a gatchutowre u going to put a child in there who is broken? are they going to learn in that fabulous school? because they are not equipped to learn. so i think we have to look at this from a very -- a systemic problem that we have in t ittaangllye velod countries. we have a couple of great areas in denmark...
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>> that would start, by the way, in the schools of education where a majority of the school of education graduates are not in the top half or the top quartile of the students that entered university. so i think it starts on an even earlier bays is. i think you pay teachers more, you give them the deal, if students learn more, you get paid more. that's complicated, but it's doable. particularly now with the new assessment tools that exist. so if a student, if you're in front of 150 students during the semester and 90% of them are having learning gains of a year and your counterpart next door is getting 30% or 20% of the students and is pretty consistent, obviously the teacher that has mastered his or her art should be rewarded significantly. if you're teaching in more difficult schools, you should be paid more. if you're teaching science and math, you should be paid more. differented pay is part of the argument that went on in chicago. >> why? why? why do they fight it? if a teacher is willing to -- >> it's called collective bargaining for a reason. >> if a young teacher's willing to go t
>> that would start, by the way, in the schools of education where a majority of the school of education graduates are not in the top half or the top quartile of the students that entered university. so i think it starts on an even earlier bays is. i think you pay teachers more, you give them the deal, if students learn more, you get paid more. that's complicated, but it's doable. particularly now with the new assessment tools that exist. so if a student, if you're in front of 150...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> mitt romney on friday released his 2011 tax returns which showed he paid a 14% tax rate. so just a little less than what restaurants add on for parties of six or more. the 14% tax rate romney paid is less than the 20% paid by the average american. how did he pay such a low rate? he claimed 47% of americans as dependents. >> that's pretty good. time now to take a look at the "morning papers" at 26 past the hour. "usa today," after selling an estimated 8 million iphone 5s since friday, economists believe sales from apple's latest gadget could provide up to $3 billion into the u.s. economy by the end of the year. apple releases their official iphone 5 sales numbers later today. why did people buy it if they had already an iphone? >> mike, did you get yours in the mail? >> yes. >> silly. you have one. >> i can't speak to how effective it is. >> we're greedy, materialistic and -- >> plus extra. >> we
let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> mitt romney on friday released his 2011 tax returns which showed he paid a 14% tax rate. so just a little less than what restaurants add on for parties of six or more. the 14% tax rate romney paid is less than the 20% paid by the average american. how did he pay such a low rate? he claimed 47% of americans as dependents. >> that's pretty good. time now...
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and a very good higher education system. and then we've been very positive about entrepreneurship and job creators, and the private sector's ability to do things. not more reliance on government. and finally, a lot of programs that targeted tax cuts and international trade offices. and just telling our story in a very positive way. i think in washington, you've got a tax on wall street, on main street. certainly on the energy industry that has hurt us badly in virginia by the epa in this administration. you can't do that. if you want to create jobs, don't attack the job creators. unfortunately, that's what this president has done. >> governor bob mcdonnell, thank you very much for coming on. >> thank you, mika. glad to be on. >>> chuck todd, before we go, you mentioned the exit polls. and i think it's kind of interesting the way they came down. obviously, with obama an edge over romney. big one in some cases. but harold ford, at the top of the last hour, made the point that this still is difficult for the obama re-election c
and a very good higher education system. and then we've been very positive about entrepreneurship and job creators, and the private sector's ability to do things. not more reliance on government. and finally, a lot of programs that targeted tax cuts and international trade offices. and just telling our story in a very positive way. i think in washington, you've got a tax on wall street, on main street. certainly on the energy industry that has hurt us badly in virginia by the epa in this...
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but it was a huge step forward in a time when you had brown versus board of education in 1954. you had the struggle of civil rights just in its incipient stage. just starting to take hold in the country. and you had young black teenagers dancing on "american bandstand." it was a huge step forward. >> there's a great story, john meacham, in "the new york times" op-ed from ted harbart, who incidentally is our boss now, but worked at abc with dick clark for such a long time, about what a great showman he was. but that he shot a lot of the acts performing on new year's eve in l.a. in august. dirty little secret. there would be people with the new year's eve garb smoking cigarettes and it was 100 degrees outside in burbank. but dick clark did what he had to do when he put the story together. >> that's like the old reagan story. when he was making the second movie of the b features, he would say, sometimes they would wonder why we were on a dir ijible sinking, it was because we had footage of the dir ijable sinking. but that's the let's put on a show thought of the era. they were all
but it was a huge step forward in a time when you had brown versus board of education in 1954. you had the struggle of civil rights just in its incipient stage. just starting to take hold in the country. and you had young black teenagers dancing on "american bandstand." it was a huge step forward. >> there's a great story, john meacham, in "the new york times" op-ed from ted harbart, who incidentally is our boss now, but worked at abc with dick clark for such a long...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> coming up next, we're going to have former assistant to president obama for the middle east and afghanistan, dennis ross. he joins us live from jerusalem next on "morning joe." [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. that's the thing about humans. when things are at their worst, we're at our best. see how at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? i i had pain in my abdomen...g. it just wouldn't go away. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i
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and you can go back to brown v board of education. anybody that attacks the court ends up losing at the end. go back to 1937, was it '37, '38? >> yep. are >> fdr's court packing scheme. people do still see this court as the ump, whether it's on the left or whether it's on the right. >> well, yes and no h look, the courts, the level of respect that the court has with the electorate does go up and down and the court did suffer in terms of public opinion after bush v gore and it sufferered again after citizens united. one of the things that chief justice roberts was very vocal about when he was put on the bench was trying to create a court that would inspire public confidence. the court has historically been careful to tend that and has tried. one of the reasons is that chief justice robert said, i want to try to build big majority decisions, not narrow decisions that will be looked at as being partisan. the court is aware, that if it is being seep as being partisan and political, it will suffer that is a bad thing. >> in this decision t
and you can go back to brown v board of education. anybody that attacks the court ends up losing at the end. go back to 1937, was it '37, '38? >> yep. are >> fdr's court packing scheme. people do still see this court as the ump, whether it's on the left or whether it's on the right. >> well, yes and no h look, the courts, the level of respect that the court has with the electorate does go up and down and the court did suffer in terms of public opinion after bush v gore and it...
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in voter awareness and voter education. i think every citizen should take a look at whether or not their state allows preregistration of people about to turn 18 and encourages that preregistration in the schools. and then there's -- you know, every september there's constitution day where a lot of organizations attempt to educate kids so, you know, but you're right -- >> one other quick thing, how much does the electoral college -- i'm a new yorker -- to me that's the big elephant in the room at the end of the day. >> there are definitely studies that indicate in states where the electoral college impacts the amount of campaigning that goes on in the state so the solid states, california, new york, texas that voter turnout declines anywhere from 2% to 4% because we're not a competitive state in the presidential election. so it definitely -- there's a cluster of factors in things that depress voter turnout every year not just the electoral college but that's one of them. >> thank you so much, the book is "electoral dysfuncti
in voter awareness and voter education. i think every citizen should take a look at whether or not their state allows preregistration of people about to turn 18 and encourages that preregistration in the schools. and then there's -- you know, every september there's constitution day where a lot of organizations attempt to educate kids so, you know, but you're right -- >> one other quick thing, how much does the electoral college -- i'm a new yorker -- to me that's the big elephant in the...
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. >> educate us. this is an interesting fact. we'll do this later. i'm sorry, mika. it's your show. >> it's all right. >> he is a fashion plate. i found it a curious selection. this is from a guy that walks around with a [ inaudible ] all day. >> we're developing a fashion segment with eve and we'll bring jonathan on for that. it's not ready yet. >> okay. >> from washington, msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, joe, you're not alone, michael steele is here with us this morning. >> there you go, joe. i'm with you, babe. >> good to have you. let's get to the vice presidents. i'm going back to joe biden because he got such a warm reception, maybe not from joe scarborough, but yesterday, at the naacp convention in houston, a day after mitt romney addressed the same audience, biden took the opportunity to paint a very clear picture of what the supreme court would end up looking like under a romney presidency. >> imagine what the romney justice department will look like. imagine when his senior adviser on constitutional issues i
. >> educate us. this is an interesting fact. we'll do this later. i'm sorry, mika. it's your show. >> it's all right. >> he is a fashion plate. i found it a curious selection. this is from a guy that walks around with a [ inaudible ] all day. >> we're developing a fashion segment with eve and we'll bring jonathan on for that. it's not ready yet. >> okay. >> from washington, msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee,...
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educated african-americans. educated white people. educated people of all races with ph.d.s, an area we've been losing for decades. >> and joe, there's another issue that i know you think a lot about and thought a lot about that huntsman also talked about which is afghanistan and ending the war. that's another populist issue that i think republicans missed in 2012. the president was for winding down the war. you had others who didn't run that thought that that was an issue to tap into across the board populists including a lot of the groups you just talked about. that was an issue that would have surprised voters. that's one of the things that people criticized the republicans who ran for, no deviation from the expected orthodoxy. and if you do that as a party, if you rethink things and lead, you can cut across voting groups, you can reach well-educated people, less well-educated people. high income/low income. if you've got an issue that's bold and brave, you didn't see that from republicans on dealing with the banks and other issues
educated african-americans. educated white people. educated people of all races with ph.d.s, an area we've been losing for decades. >> and joe, there's another issue that i know you think a lot about and thought a lot about that huntsman also talked about which is afghanistan and ending the war. that's another populist issue that i think republicans missed in 2012. the president was for winding down the war. you had others who didn't run that thought that that was an issue to tap into...
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the other thing that's unique to the united states is that our education system. throughout the 20th century, we had one technological change after another. starting with a really big one, which was the advent of electricity. and every time that technological change occurred, there was a demand for more skilled workers, and the was ded for more workers and education always seemed to meet those demands. high school graduation rates rose and rose and rose until the '70s when they dipped off and then leveled off and then, of course, we had computers. the skill demands continued to increase but we weren't producing enough skilled workers. >> you know, just what you're saying, because we had edward conner on yesterday. do you know him? >> yes, i do. he loves inequality. >> yes. he says that income and equality, a million steve jobs are things that we need to improve the economy. what is more important? growth and jobs or income and equality. >> steve jobs was a great man. he was not a good job creator. most of the jobs were overseas. in the book i say, you can take eve
the other thing that's unique to the united states is that our education system. throughout the 20th century, we had one technological change after another. starting with a really big one, which was the advent of electricity. and every time that technological change occurred, there was a demand for more skilled workers, and the was ded for more workers and education always seemed to meet those demands. high school graduation rates rose and rose and rose until the '70s when they dipped off and...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> i think he's a liability to the yankees. $30 million a year, and he strikes out every time he comes up in a playoff game. >> as a businessman, what do you do with that? >> well, i would terminate his contract, personally. i think george would have done that. i would terminate his contract on the basis that when he signed, he didn't say that he took drugs. he actually admitted that he took drugs. now he's not taking drugs anymore, and without drugs, he's less than an average player. >> that's donald trump yesterday talking to michael kay on espn radio. >> and by the way, the lawyer in me says, just file the lawsuit, and then say to a-rod, you want to go through deposition? you want to go through all the medical records? you really want to go through all of this, or do you just want to do a deal? we'll pay you a little bit and you can go to another team. >> a lot of people wondering, he's got five
let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> i think he's a liability to the yankees. $30 million a year, and he strikes out every time he comes up in a playoff game. >> as a businessman, what do you do with that? >> well, i would terminate his contract, personally. i think george would have done that. i would terminate his contract on the basis that when he signed, he didn't say that he...
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it's a liberal audience, educated. it's high in terms of the number of people registered to vote and actually vote, the professions and all that. he is going to the democratic leftish leaning audience. >> have you found the now boomer audience has stayed with you since they discovered you in the late '60s? >> yeah. we have an audience that ranges from the early '60s to college age. it's broad and wide. it has to do with the broad appeal of music. it's not been a generation gap following me and my age group like between me and my parents. it has to do with the commonality. >> how have you found that obama has changed in the four years you have been talking to him? >> i think he's wiser, smarter, quicker on his feet. his reaction and intuition about things. he's no longer trapped in that somewhat of a conceit that somehow he's going to be able to work with the other side. reconcile people. bring people together. it's a by gone fantasy. >> that's interesting. >> yeah. >> let me ask you, let's go back -- >> i think he woul
it's a liberal audience, educated. it's high in terms of the number of people registered to vote and actually vote, the professions and all that. he is going to the democratic leftish leaning audience. >> have you found the now boomer audience has stayed with you since they discovered you in the late '60s? >> yeah. we have an audience that ranges from the early '60s to college age. it's broad and wide. it has to do with the broad appeal of music. it's not been a generation gap...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a killer investing dashboard. everything is on one page. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." it's 47 past the hour. and here with us now from "vanity fair" is the contributing editor. how are you doing? >> i'm very good. >> here to talk about -- >> my friend, as well? >> yes. >> very good. >> the 2012 new establishment and powers that be list. what an issue. >> what? jon meacham, what's going on here? >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> what is she doing? >> i -- you know, my kids might be up. >> i'm sitting there looking like -- >> that's a leg. >> that is a -- >> has that picture been broadcast? >> it kind of got into the photo shoot, what can i say? my father's not happy. my hu
let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a killer investing dashboard. everything is on one page. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." it's 47 past the hour. and here with us now from...
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there is an education problem going on. the people saying one thing and people are not asking for it? what happens in 2014 when so much is available, how are people going to understand what to do and what's allow and what's not? >> a lot of times the politicians and people talking about their problems have nothing to do with the underlying legislation. it's a communication problem? that's nonsense. in this case i think this white house and the democratic party is botched on this health care bill. >> running scared. >> i think the closeness of the vote. it is a self-inflicted wound to put all of this energy and muscle behind it. is that the number? it's just not true. sundays and tune in for a special edition. >> jj has a book coming out. >> coming out in october. >> it's your business. >> it's your business. >> this is like this is your book. >> we're collaborate on it. >> we do a lot. >> thanks and we will see ow your business. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liber
there is an education problem going on. the people saying one thing and people are not asking for it? what happens in 2014 when so much is available, how are people going to understand what to do and what's allow and what's not? >> a lot of times the politicians and people talking about their problems have nothing to do with the underlying legislation. it's a communication problem? that's nonsense. in this case i think this white house and the democratic party is botched on this health...
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this is educational to me. i didn't know he was connected to this bill. and if i didn't know it, then suddenly you can paint paul ryan as not a libertarian and then you add on top what i've learned about afghanistan and all these other things, the obama team has a good chance of building on this narrative, which is gone all the more reason they have to get akin out of the race. >> eugene robinson, thank you very much. we'll look for your column on "washington post." >> he does have the voice of god, doesn't he? >> coming up, reverend al. we'll be back in a moment with steve forbes. [ male announcer ] did you know all those screens that keep you connected are sucking moisture from your eyes, causing irritation and dryness? [ thud ] really? [ male announcer ] revive your eyes with visine®. ahh. [ male announcer ] only visine® has hydroblend, a unique blend of 3 moisturizers that soothe, restore and protect eyes for up to 10 hours of comfort. which means all day comfort... for my non-stop day! [ male announcer ] visine® with hydroblend, find it in these v
this is educational to me. i didn't know he was connected to this bill. and if i didn't know it, then suddenly you can paint paul ryan as not a libertarian and then you add on top what i've learned about afghanistan and all these other things, the obama team has a good chance of building on this narrative, which is gone all the more reason they have to get akin out of the race. >> eugene robinson, thank you very much. we'll look for your column on "washington post." >> he...
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why doesn't he think education and innovation can get us out of our hole? >> in some ways we call him the optimist, but he's a realist. he says some percentage of every population is inevitably going to be poor. and he says in the 21st century if your iq is on the low end of the scale, it's even worse for you than it was 100 years ago. 100 years ago, there were all kinds of jobs you could've done, and today -- >> only so many tv host shows to go around -- >> morning tv show hosts. >> i know, thank god i got this gig. so, so, does he -- what does he suggest as far as getting the economy back together? >> yes, well he -- look, he's a numbers guy. and that's what he understands. and he thinks tax rates for the extremely wealthy are too low. as you remember a few months ago he pointed out that, you know, he paid 17% tax last year and his secretary paid -- >> okay. we raise taxes on the rich. that's what democrats all say. let's assume we have raised taxes on the rich to 98%. what other ideas does he have? not to be short, but democrats think every problem can b
why doesn't he think education and innovation can get us out of our hole? >> in some ways we call him the optimist, but he's a realist. he says some percentage of every population is inevitably going to be poor. and he says in the 21st century if your iq is on the low end of the scale, it's even worse for you than it was 100 years ago. 100 years ago, there were all kinds of jobs you could've done, and today -- >> only so many tv host shows to go around -- >> morning tv show...
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how much companies can pollute and how schools educate their children and he plans to bring these requested ideas to the biggest possible audience. he certainly has a large audience here in new york city. >> what's he going to do? >> this is a portrait of a man who has the ambition to be president of the united states but unfortunately -- >> possibly not at the moment. >> our political system is so ossie fide he has to find his own way to use his philanthropy and media company to create a global platform to advocate on these big issues. >> that's going to be so frustrating. you have presidents that walk around like ghosts trying to be presidents again and it never works. what's going to happen with bloomberg? what's he going to do? >> the difference is that, you know, former presidents don't have $20 billion. i mean mike bloomberg has a warchest and he has the resolve to spend it, to go around the world meeting with world leaders and say you want to do this program on climate change, my foundation will fund it. that's really the key, the secret to his post-city hall plans. >> how badly does
how much companies can pollute and how schools educate their children and he plans to bring these requested ideas to the biggest possible audience. he certainly has a large audience here in new york city. >> what's he going to do? >> this is a portrait of a man who has the ambition to be president of the united states but unfortunately -- >> possibly not at the moment. >> our political system is so ossie fide he has to find his own way to use his philanthropy and media...
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educational, presidency is educational. >> have you ever been to an nra meeting? >> yeah. >> the other part about this, they -- they will -- they have maintained don't believe a barack obama when he says he's not coming for your hunting rifle. as soon as he's re-elected they will tell their members have told their members he will be out to confiscate your guns. that's the message. this is not paraphrase. it's practically word for word what they say. >> you have to figure out how many members of the nra belong to the nra for the discounts that they get from belonging to the nraa huge percentage of them. not because they're so wedded to this thought that, you know -- >> how many members of the nra? they've increased their numbers by quite a lot, but there's still only about 4 million members of the nra. we asked ray laperriere to write for this issue a response to joe's piece and he very graciously turned us down. but wanted to have that point of view represented. >> again, you bring up, they don't have tons of members, they don't spend lots of money, but on this is
educational, presidency is educational. >> have you ever been to an nra meeting? >> yeah. >> the other part about this, they -- they will -- they have maintained don't believe a barack obama when he says he's not coming for your hunting rifle. as soon as he's re-elected they will tell their members have told their members he will be out to confiscate your guns. that's the message. this is not paraphrase. it's practically word for word what they say. >> you have to figure...